Japan Capacity Utilization

Capacity Utilization in Japan decreased to 101.20 Index Points in September from 102.70 Index Points in August of 2018. Capacity Utilization in Japan averaged 110.94 Index Points from 1968 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 136.10 Index Points in November of 1968 and a record low of 68.60 Index Points in February of 2009.

Capacity Utilization in Japan is expected to be 101.22 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Capacity Utilization in Japan to stand at 101.10 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Capacity Utilization is projected to trend around 101.12 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Japan Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	19.00	21.00	53.00	-58.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	52.20	52.90	56.20	29.60		[+]
Services Pmi	52.30	52.40	55.30	46.40	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	4.20	-2.50	30.00	-37.20	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	2.90	-0.40	6.80	-16.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-2.50	0.20	29.30	-37.20	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	101.20	102.70	136.10	68.60	Index Points	[+]
New Orders	899.96	1208.56	1624.17	693.64	JPY Billion	[+]
Machinery Orders	-18.30	6.80	25.50	-18.30	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1157.40	971.50	7611.00	-6584.40	JPY Billion	[+]
Bankruptcies	730.00	621.00	1965.00	6.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	18284.72	26401.12	26401.12	43.24	JPY Billion	[+]
Coincident Index	104.50	101.60	107.20	69.40		[+]
Economy Watchers Survey	51.00	49.50	57.50	18.90		[+]
Car Production	692919.00	595931.00	961994.00	249772.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	240819.00	227172.00	585449.00	83044.00		[+]
Leading Economic Index	100.50	99.60	108.00	72.40	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	14.00	14.00	46.00	-60.00		[+]
Internet Speed	20171.96	19574.52	20171.96	6541.92	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	43689566.00	43995715.00	44977757.00	23570249.00	IP	[+]
Private Investment	4.50	12.80	12.80	-25.33	percent	[+]
Mining Production	-0.20	-6.00	16.20	-16.10	percent	[+]
Cement Production	5322.00	4996.00	9368.00	4218.00	Thousands of Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	82.47	81.59	82.47	5.36	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	5.00	8.00	10.00	5.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	52.40	52.50	54.10	46.30		[+]
Corruption Index	73.00	72.00	80.00	58.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	20.00	20.00	25.00	14.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	39.00	34.00	39.00	13.00		[+]
Non Manufacturing Pmi	22.00	24.00	57.00	-41.00		[+]
Steel Production	8563.52	8418.41	10775.00	1177.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]

Japan Capacity Utilization

In Japan, capacity utilization is the quantity of production divided by the quantity of production capacity, expressing the state of operations for various facilities in the manufacturing industry. It does not measure the absolute level of capacity utilization but the relative capacity utilization rate compared with the benchmark year. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Capacity Utilization - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Capacity Utilization - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	101.20	102.70	136.10	68.60	1968 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly	2015=100, SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	61.10	Sep/18	63	84.1 : 48.16	%
Australia	81.84	Oct/18	82.1	84.67 : 78.24	%
Brazil	77.10	Oct/18	77.8	84.6 : 75.9	%
Canada	85.50	Jun/18	83.7	87.3 : 72.7	%
China	76.50	Sep/18	76.8	78 : 72.9	%
Euro Area	83.90	Dec/18	84.1	85.3 : 69.6	%
France	85.20	Dec/18	85	90.3 : 71.4	%
Germany	87.10	Dec/18	87.7	88.7 : 70.2	%
Indonesia	75.33	Sep/18	78.4	79.78 : 62.43	%
Italy	77.90	Sep/18	78	81 : 64.9	%
Japan	101.20	Sep/18	103	136 : 68.6	Index Points
Mexico	81.00	Sep/18	82.5	82.5 : 74.1	%
Netherlands	84.10	Dec/18	84.5	86.5 : 74.4	%
Russia	64.00	Oct/18	65	66 : 38	%
South Africa	81.10	Jun/18	81.1	86.3 : 76.9	%
South Korea	102.60	Oct/18	102	105 : 3.8	Index Points
Spain	78.50	Dec/18	79.5	90 : 68.86	%
Switzerland	84.70	Dec/18	84.22	90 : 75.04	%
Turkey	74.10	Nov/18	75.4	82 : 58.7	%
United Kingdom	80.20	Dec/18	82.3	85.2 : 38	%
United States	78.40	Oct/18	78.5	89.39 : 66.71	%